{"operation":"document","citation":"P-93-008","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-93-008","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1993-08-23","effective_on":"1993-08-23","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE CENTRAL HUDSON GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION: IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM, BASED ON FACTORS SUCH AS AGE, PIPE DIAMETER, OPERATING PRESSURE, SOIL CORROSIVENESS, EXISTING GRAPHITIC DAMAGE LEAK HISTORY, BURIAL DEPTH, AND EXTERNAL LOADING, TO IDENTIFY AND REPLACE IN A PLANNED, TIMELY MANNER CAST IRON PIPING SYSTEMS THAT MAY THREATEN PUBLIC SAFETY.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-93-008.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-93-008.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-93-008","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-93-008","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-93-008.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE CENTRAL HUDSON GAS AND ELECTRIC CORPORATION: IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM, BASED ON FACTORS SUCH AS AGE, PIPE DIAMETER, OPERATING PRESSURE, SOIL CORROSIVENESS, EXISTING GRAPHITIC DAMAGE LEAK HISTORY, BURIAL DEPTH, AND EXTERNAL LOADING, TO IDENTIFY AND REPLACE IN A PLANNED, TIMELY MANNER CAST IRON PIPING SYSTEMS THAT MAY THREATEN PUBLIC SAFETY.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1993-08-23\n\nAdopted Date: 1993-08-09\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1996-10-01\n\nSynopsis: A NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION DESTROYED A HOUSE AT 26 LIBERTY STREET IN CATSKILL, NEW YORK, ON NOVEMBER 6, 1992, ABOUT 7:45 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME. THE TWO-STORY WOOD-FRAME HOUSE HAD NOT HAD ACTIVE GAS SERVICE 1969. THE EXPLOSION KILLED A WOMAN IN THE HOUSE, SERIOUSLY INJURED HER DAUGHTER, AND SLIGHTLY INJURED TWO CHILDREN IN A NEIGHBORING HOUSE.\n\nProbable Cause: None\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA93FP002\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1996-10-01\n\nAddressee Acronym: CHG&E\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1993-12-13\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: RECOMMENDATION P-93-8 ASKED CENTRAL HUDSON TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM, BASED ON FACTORS SUCH AS AGE, PIPE DIAMETER, OPERATING PRESSURE, SOIL CORROSIVENESS, EXISTING GRAPHITIC DAMAGE, LEADK HISTORY, BURIAL DEPTH, AND EXTERNAL LOADING, TO IDENTIFY AND REPLACE IN A PLANNED, TIMELY MANNER CAST-IRON PIPING SYSTEMS THAT MAY THREATEN PUBLIC SAFETY. THE BOARD NOTES THAT BY JUNE Y, 1994, CENTRAL HUDSON WILL HAVE EXPANDED ITS PROGRAM OF EVALUATING CAST-IRON PIPELINE FACILITIES TO MONITOR SYSTEM INTEGRITY AND TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE PROBLEMS. PENDING THE EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM, RECOMMENDATION P-93-8 WILL BE CLASSIFIED \"OPEN--ACCEPTABLE RESPONSE.\"\n\nAddressee Acronym: CHG&E\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1996-10-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: THE BOARD IS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT CENTRAL HUDSON HAS DEVELOPED & IMPLEMENTED AN EXPANDED PROGRAM TO MONITOR, TEST, & EVALUATE CAST IRON & UNPROTECTED STEEL PIPELINE FACILITIES BASED ON THE FACTORS DESCRIBED IN THE RECOMMENDATION. THE BOARD ALSO NOTES THAT CENTRAL HUDSON HAS INVESTED IN A PROGRAM TO REPLACE CAST IRON & BARE STEEL PIPELINES SINCE RECEIVING P-93-8. BASED ON THIS INFO, P-93-8 HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED \"CLOSED--ACCEPTABLE ACTION.\"\n\nAddressee Acronym: CHG&E\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1993-10-22\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: CENTRAL HUDSON IS DEVELOPING AN EXPANDED PROGRAM OF MONITORING, TESTING, AND EVALUATING CAST IRON PIPELINE FACILITIES TO MONITOR SYSTEM INTEGRITY AND TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE PROBLEM AREAS. ON OR BEFORE JUNE 1 1994, CENTRAL HUDSON WILL COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS EXPANDED PROGRAM FOR SUBSEQUENT INPLEMENTATION.\n\nAddressee Acronym: CHG&E\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1996-07-10\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: IN RESPONSE TO RECOMMENDATION P-93-08, CENTRAL HUDSON HAS DEVELOPED & IMPLEMENTED AN EXPANDED PROGRAM OF MONITORING TESTING & EVALUATING CAST IRON & UNPROTECTED STEEL PIPELINE FACILITIES TO MONITOR SYSTEM INTEGRITY & TO IDENTIFY POSSIBLE PROBLEM AREAS. FACTORS SUCH AS AGE, PIPE DIAMETER, OPERATING PRESSURE, SOIL CORROSIVENESS, EXISTING GRAPHITIC DAMAGE, LEAK HISTORY, BURIAL DEPTH, & EXTERNAL LOADING ARE INCLUDED IN OUR PROGRAM. CENTRAL HUDSON HAS SPENT 3 MILLION DOLLARS TO REPLACE CAST IRON BARE STEEL PIPING FACILITIES THUS FAR.","truncated":false,"body_characters":3755}